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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Elephant Guest Book

I promise, we are nearing the end of circus party posts.

For Grace's Arts and Crafts Party, last year, we put out a birthday wishes jar. I liked the idea of our guests leaving sweet wishes for the birthday girl. It was one of those extra touches that made me happy.

This year, I wanted to do something a bit different. Something that had a circus feel to it that could double as art. In the end, I decided to do a fingerprint guest book page.

Since I already defiled my dictionary by tearing out a page for my reverse silhouette of Riley, I defiled it some more by taking out the elephant page as well.

I taped that dictionary page to a piece of printer paper.

I found a google image of an elephant I liked at Olli Bird. I rotated the image in word slightly, so it looked like it was floating and then I printed it out.

*I did a few test runs on blank paper to determine image size and exact placement for the dictionary page.

It ran through my printer without any issues. I guess if it had jammed, I could have defiled that poor dictionary one more time by taking out the circus page :). Thank goodness it didn't come to that.

After my successful print, I tried to remove the tape BUT the dictionary page was so thin it would have ripped the edges. In the end, I trimmed the sides of the paper cutting off the taped edges.

At the party I left the elephant 'guest book' out, along with some washable red ink, for guests to leave their fingerprints on.

Talk about a fun and unique idea!! I must say this is probably the cutest guest book idea I've ever seen.. it's absolutely brilliant! Amy, you're a genius my crafty friend:D If this idea ever goes along with any party I throw, I'm definitely stealing it:P Sharing it on FB!

This is gorgeous!!! I love all about your birthday remembrance (is that a real word or does it only exist in harry potter?). The idea, the printed page, the elephant and the prints from the guest. What a cool project!hugs

What a fun memento and artpiece from the party, for Grace to hang in her room! And it doesnt look like bloody fingerprints! I love how you tilted the elephant to look like he is floating along the page - Grace is lucky to have such a thoughful Mommy!!! I am sure I am going to see this project featured all over blogland soon ;) Heather

That is too cute. It would be a great one for a baby shower too. I like the idea of having the guests put their name in their finger prints too. I am stopping by from Salt Tree. I am a new follower. Hope to see you at True Aim. Thanks for sharing!

I love this! I've seen it done on pintrest for a wedding where it's a silloute of the couple holding balloons and the balloons are the fingerprints. I'm getting married in Sept. and thinking of doing this. Found you via a blog hop and am now a new follower!

Oh my gosh, how cool is that?! What a clever idea! And now you can frame it and put it somewhere...totally fab. I'm thrilled that you shared at Shine on Fridays! It would be fun with multi-colored balloons too...

Wow - I finally got around to blog surfing as opposed to drowning... this my dear is toooo adorable - and whilst I'm still struggling to breathe with the realisation that this is the real page of the dictionary and not a photocopy, I have to say that contrary to your concerns, there's nothing 'bloody' bad about the red balloons... as Amy (and Mr Maker) says - "frame it!" x

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Adjusting to life since being laid off. When days used to consist of business deals and wearing heels. Now that I am a stay at home mom, in addition to taking care of my adorable little girl, I am learning more about cooking, crafting and creating while realizing that even though I am a stay at home mom, I can still wear my heels!

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